Church of St John the Baptist
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1030064
- Date first listed:
- 28-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1030064
- Date first listed:
- 28-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St John the Baptist
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Surrey Heath (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bisley
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 95787 59592
Details
SU 95NE BISLEY C.P. CHURCH LANE
9/2 Church of St. John the Baptist 28/2/55 II*
Church. C13 with C14 porch. Early C19 chancel and north aisle 1873. Carstone to aisle walls with sandstone block dressings, stock brick chancel and brick extensions, timber framed porch. Plain tiled roofs with weatherboard belfry under wood shingled broach spire to west. Nave with pent roof aisle to north, chancel to east with vestry and extensions to south; bellcote and porch to west end. Buttresses to west end; stone dressed windows, 3-light to south, one C14, one C19. Lancet windows to east end. Arched planked door in stone surround with dogtooth decoration; hood mould over with end stops. Timber framed porch, open over panelled dado walls, moulded mullions above.
Interior:- Simple, whitewash interior, 2 bay north aisle with round piers and chamfered arches; timber frame of belfry to west end with moulded beams tying into walls.
Fittings:- Wood panelled pulpit. Sandstone font with octagonal bowl, panelled decorations on each face alternating roundels and celtic crosses. Octagonal stem on plinth below.
V.C.H. Vol. II p.428-9, 453. III p398. PEVSNER. Buildings of England, Surrey (1971) p.112.
Listing NGR: SU9578759592
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 287071
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Malden, H E, The Victoria History of the County of Surrey, (1905), 428-9
Pevsner, N, Nairn, I Rev. by Cherry, The Buildings of England: Surrey, (1971)
Malden, H E, The Victoria History of the County of Surrey: Volume III, (1911), 398
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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